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Renewable Ventures closes $200M for U.S. solar projects

August 3, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Wells Fargo and John Hancock provide debt and equity for Solar Fund V, expected to provide construction and permanent financing of 35 MW in the next year. Full Story »

Microsoft enters energy management with Hohm app

June 24, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Redmond, Wash.-based software giant unveils beta release from its new startup, announcing partnerships with four utilities and two leading meter companies, with more to follow. Full Story »

New Mexico utilities issue solar thermal RFP

July 2, 2008 - by Carli Ghelfi - The state's four major utilities aim to have electricity running by 2012. Full Story »

Xcel Energy handing out $23M in cleantech grants

December 7, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - The company's Renewable Development Fund picked 22 projects featuring wind, hydro, solar, biomass and biofuel technologies. Full Story »

Southwestern utilities to build 250MW solar thermal plant

December 6, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - A consortium of utilities put out a request for proposals for a concentrating solar thermal facility. Full Story »

Xcel Energy seeks to build 100 MW wind farm

June 26, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Company has plenty of wind power already, but wants to develop more and actually own this facility in Minnesota. Full Story »

Wind beyond fringe, say utilities

June 5, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Power utilities at WINDPOWER 2007 celebrated their shiny new turbines, and talked about overcoming wind obstacles. Full Story »

Xcel issues $23M renewable energy RFP

May 17, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Company is to issue grants to help foster renewable energy generation and development. Deadline to apply: July 12th. Full Story »

Study quantifies benefits of plug-in hybrid vehicles

February 21, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Computer modeling with NREL helped Xcel Energy understand the impact of pluggable hybrids on energy demand. Full Story »
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